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A. E. ELLINWOOD. MATCH MAKING MAGHINE.

No. 443,624. Patented Dec. 30, 1890 i t/l:

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

AUGUSTUS E. ELLINVOOD, OF AKRON, OHIO.

MATCH-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFiCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,624, dated December 30, 1890.

Original application filed November 29, 1889, Serial erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to match-making machines, and refers more particularly to the separating device that receives the splints in a compact condition, from which condition of contact it is necessary to separate each inclividual splint slightly from its fellow splint in order that there will be no liability of interfering contact or friction of the green matches after the application of the igniting material to the end of the splint as the match continues to flowor be carried onward in the process of drying as it passes through the machine over the successive rollers.

This application is intended to include the invention specifically alluded to in an application filed November 29, 1889, Serial No. 331,884, and is a division of said application, and in order to more clearly define the invention the drawings accompanying this application show In Figure 1, an end view of thegearing actuating the separating device. The gearing is attached to shafts of rollers or pulleys that carry the expansible rubber belts of the separatin g device.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side view of the same, the rollers being adjusted in relation to each other, so that the periphery of the upper rollers is slightly lower than the upper surface of the lower rollers. This adjustment or arrangement of the rollers is effected by placing the upper rollers slightly in advance of the corresponding lower roller, and this insures the desired pressure or frictional contact of the expansible separating-belts on the splint, and also on the carrying pulley or roller to prevent slipping of the belt.

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Fig. at is a side view of a modified form of the expansible separating device operating in connection with the chute or passage-way that conveys the compact stream of splints No. 331,884. Divided and this application filed June 9, 1890. Serial No.

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to the expanding carrier-belts for separation and the delivery of the same to the fluted roller of the match-making machine, which is substantially the same device as shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is also a modification of the device, showing a single expansible carrier operating in connection with the chute conveying the compact stream thereto, the lower surface of the chute, being curvilinear in form, passing under the expansible carrier and its rollers to insure the desired pressure of the elastic carrier on the splint which will adhere to the surface of the carrier and move therewith as it expands on its lower side as it is pulled outward by the outer fast-running roller and contracts on its upper or return side. The increasing expansion or stretch of the carrier is constant in its outward travel and the separation of the splint is of uniform distance apart.

Fig.0 is a sectional view of the lower fastrunning roller E and its gear-wheel Q, A being the main frame, to which the long journal or bearing is affixed or forming a part thereof and extending inside of the roller E, which is secured to the outer end of the shaft 6-, while the driving gear-wheel Q is attached at the other end of the shaft. 6 c e e are circumferential grooves in the delivery-roller E, in which travel the compressing transfer-belts thathold and compress the match-splint as it is delivered on the fluted cylinder I. e e is the bearing for the expansible separatingbelt F.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the cylinder I, which is the first of the series of fluted cylinders which receives the splints that are delivered to it from the separating device, the j ournal-bearin g being affixed in a supportinghub 2', attached to the main frame A. R is the driving gear-wheel, which is secured by means of its hub i and. a set-screw to the ex tended sleeve 2" of the cylinder 1.

Fig. 8 represents one of the expansible separating-belts F, also clearly shown in plan view of Fig. 3.

These several figures relate to the same invention, clearly showing the construction and operation of this novel device that receives and firmly grasps the match-splint in regular colnpact order as it is delivered thereto and gradually creates a space, and thus separates the splints without disturbing the splint from the position in which it is received and positively held by the carrier. This action on the splint is desirable to secure uniformity and regularity of movement to the splints and prevent any liability of disarrangement, as the machinery is run at a high rate of speed, and the frail lightsplints must be controlled positively, or the liability of one splint or more assuming a crosswise position would necessitate a lower rate of speed and consequent decrease of the capacity of the machine in order to prevent accidents and liability of clogging and breaking the machine.

In the drawings, A represents the main frame, 13 C the inner or slow-running carrierrollers, and D E the outer or fast-running carrier-rollers.

F F are the upper expansible carrier-belts, while F F are the lower expansible carrierbelts.

Jr with ll. forms the chute or passage-way ofthe m atch-splintreceptacle, through which the solid compact stream of splints is reccived.

In Fig. 5, ll represents the lowersurface of the chute or passage-way extending under a single expansible carrier-belt. Its office is to support the splint, and being curvilinear in form and elastic in its pressure upwardly it holds the splint firmly in contact with a single separatingbelt. I is the first of a series of fluted cylinders of the match-making machine receiving the separated splints from the separating device and moving them onward. f and g are the metallic endless carrier compressor or holding belts that hold the splint on the fluted cylinders and aids in its transfer from cylinder to cylinder. Z) and c are the slow-revolving receiving-roller shafts actuated by the gear-wheels NO. 6 and d are the fast-revolving delivery-roller shafts of the separating device. I Q are the actuatinggear of equal size. The shaft Z) has secured thereon a larger gear-wheel that actuates a pinion L on shaft (Z, imparting thereby a greater speed to the delivery-rollers.

In operation my invention, as heretofore explained, receives the completed splint out of which the match is formed in a compact stream or condition, and takes a firm hold of the splint as it emerges from the chute or receptacle and holds it positively in its grasp, and as the splint is thus carried onward by the continuous movement of the endless belt or belts the expansion ofthe belt or belts, caused by their outer supporting-rollers revolving at a greater speed than the inner rollers, will form a space between the splints, and thus separate each splint in regular uniform order and at a distance apart proportioned to the ratio of increase of speed imparted to the expanding-rollcrs over the receiving-rollers of the separating mechanism. I have in practical operation of the mechanism found that four to one is a desirable speed-that is, by revolving the outer rollers D E four times faster than the inner rollers 13 G the desired expansion of the belt is secured to form the space required between the splints.

I do not claim to be the first to inventmechanism to separate match-splints in matchmaking machines.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a match-making machine, the GOlIlbl' nation of the longitudinal]y-expansible carrier-belt and rollers actuating the same, the outer roller being caused to revolve at a greater speed than the inner roller, thus causing the longitudinal expansion of the carrierbclt to produce a space between and separation of the match-splints, substantially as dcscribed, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a match-making machine, the combination of the splint-supporting receptacle that supplies the matches to a splint-separating device consisting of an expansible endless carrier or splintanoviug belt that receives the splints in a compact condition from said receptacle and causes the same to be separated while in the process of being conveyed forward through said separating device by the longitudinal expansion of the carrier, which delivers the splints thus separated to a continuous carrier of the match-making machine for passing the same through the machine that finishes the match, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a match-making machine, an expansible carrier belt or belts by which the matchsplints are carried forward and delivered to the match-making machine, said carrier belt or belts being caused to expand longitudinally in carrying the splints outwardly, and thereby separate the splints, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

+t. In a matchanaking machine, an expansible endless carrier belt combined with a splintsupporting surface upon which the splints are received and separated, said endless carrier forming a space or separation between the splints, substantially as shown and described.

5. The cxpansible separating-belt provided with rollers actuated by gearing which gives a greater speed to the outer roller for the pn rpose of elongating or stretching the carrierbelt, substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. The combination of the chute or passageway provided with a lower extended plate or surface 11, of curvilinear form, that supports the splint, with the expansible separating carrier-belt F, operating substantially as de' scribed.

CHARLES UOLAHAN, L. D. BENEDICT.

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